cytherea repens

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will cytherea repens grow in my low light tank? i got 2 48in t8s 6500k on my 55 gallon. also wantwed to be the ...

if you are using low to moderate lighting any kind of carpeting will not take the way you might want it to. I might just grow stunted. I use low to moderate lighting and I am trying to grow red ludwigia repens and it is not red just green, long and spars. I have tried dwarf hair grass, but it only lasted 2 months then died off, never to come back again. A real bummer. I use T8's and the repens grow but not the way or the color one might want.

if you are using low to moderate lighting any kind of carpeting will not take the way you might want it to. I might just grow stunted. I use low to moderate lighting and I am trying to grow red ludwigia repens and it is not red just green, long and spars. I have tried dwarf hair grass, but it only lasted 2 months then died off, never to come back again. A real bummer. I use T8's and the repens grow but not the way or the color one might want.

my red ludwigia lost all its leaves and is starting to grow green ones :/ yup just like that!
yeah i wanted it to be a carpet in the middle of my tank. maybe ill replace it with some drift wood or something